For the love of god bro don’t sleep
S*** is actually a masterpiece, it don’t get better for anime imo

i actually tried to get into FMA, idk if it was the same series or not,(i think there are multiple FMA series right? maybe im wrong idk) but got caught up with life and never returned to it. so this will be my sign to return to it

It’s was probably the original FMA anime which finished before the manga was finished so they just made up there own thing

FMA Brotherhood is the true to manga anime they literally did the whole thing over again except better in every way
The animation is s tier, the characters and their development s tier, the themes s tier. The fights s tier

It doesn’t get better and I’m going this hard recommending cause it’s a special show to me and I love when folks get to experience it for the first time. I’m not gassing I swear just look up any top anime lists it’s usually #1 and for a good reason

it has officially been added to the watch list.

Getting into anime these past two years has been a blessing. I've been exposed to so much good storytelling, memorable characters and fantastic music

sometimes I cry when I think about the mushroom cloud tree in my neighbor totoro

It is a very visceral medium. The use of color and stylistic variation in sketches should appeal to someone on an intuitive level. Maybe you are conditioned to reject it bc of stereotypes but I’d just say try again in the future. Lots of shows repeat the same tropes and concepts but there are many developments in visual style/tone to appreciate from the 90s (I’m not quite an old old head yet) to the present

Great soundtracks too yea, but the music is just another thing where you catch the vibe or not. Hard to talk someone into appreciating j-pop and rock

beautiful moment in a beautiful movie

I'm not sure what j-pop or rock have to do with anything when the vast majority of anime soundtracks have neither of those.

Crazy projection

I like it for different reasons

Sometimes it's like visual crack, something like Gurren Lagann or Akira is engaging visually and constantly stimulating

Something like Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex allows stories to be told that are set in the near future without an over reliance on CGI which would be too jarring. Alternatively you can stylise a certain setting like Samurai Champloo with ronins getting up to no good and blend it with a hip hop soundtrack which would be way too corny in a live action medium

And then you have something like Serial Experiments Lain or Haibane Renmei which is totally esoteric and takes advantage of the lack of constrains animation has to create unique worlds and feelings

Less serious stuff is just goofy and fun and loud and bright with relatable characters/archetypes that makes for easy watching

I watch maybe two anime shows a year so I'm not the biggest fan, but I grew up with it around me so I respect it a lot

Because it's "different"

which is cool in itself

Cmon bro who do you think is watching toilet bound hanako kun

It’s good once you get past the toilet fetish

it’s in enough representative shows that you look funny for making this smartass remark 😭 especially when I wasn’t even claiming to make a definitive statement on the medium

Bruh u gotta admit a sizable portion of anime content is just creep s***
Like cmon let’s be real here

Sure, if you wanna deep it like that but majority of anime watchers aren't creepy

watch one piece and you will understand